Custom Module exception
I created a custom module Using the Josh Morales "Developing Intra-Site Modules in Sitefinity 4" and "Sitefinity 4 Modules Made Simple" videos and accompanying blogs. The code compiles and the module and widget install without error. I was able to load the module admin page and add a couple of entries. Suddenly out of the blue, now when I attempt to view the module admin page I'm getting this less than helpful execption:
Server Error in '/' Application.
Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.Exception Details: System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.Source Error:An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.Stack Trace:[ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.] System.Reflection.RuntimeModule.GetTypes(RuntimeModule module) +0 System.Reflection.RuntimeModule.GetTypes() +4 System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes() +78 System.Data.Metadata.Edm.ObjectItemConventionAssemblyLoader.LoadTypesFromAssembly() +32 System.Data.Metadata.Edm.ObjectItemAssemblyLoader.Load() +25 System.Data.Metadata.Edm.AssemblyCache.LoadAssembly(Assembly assembly, Boolean loadReferencedAssemblies, ObjectItemLoadingSessionData loadingData) +160 System.Data.Metadata.Edm.AssemblyCache.LoadAssembly(Assembly assembly, Boolean loadReferencedAssemblies, KnownAssembliesSet knownAssemblies, EdmItemCollection edmItemCollection, Action`1 logLoadMessage, Object& loaderCookie, Dictionary`2& typesInLoading, List`1& errors) +166 System.Data.Metadata.Edm.ObjectItemCollection.LoadAssemblyFromCache(ObjectItemCollection objectItemCollection, Assembly assembly, Boolean loadReferencedAssemblies, EdmItemCollection edmItemCollection, Action`1 logLoadMessage) +316 System.Data.Metadata.Edm.ObjectItemCollection.ExplicitLoadFromAssembly(Assembly assembly, EdmItemCollection edmItemCollection, Action`1 logLoadMessage) +53 System.Data.Metadata.Edm.MetadataWorkspace.ExplicitLoadFromAssembly(Assembly assembly, ObjectItemCollection collection, Action`1 logLoadMessage) +93 System.Data.Metadata.Edm.MetadataWorkspace.LoadFromAssembly(Assembly assembly, Action`1 logLoadMessage) +130 System.Web.UI.WebControls.EntityDataSourceView.ConstructContext() +595 System.Web.UI.WebControls.EntityDataSourceView.ExecuteSelect(DataSourceSelectArguments arguments) +76 System.Web.UI.DataSourceView.Select(DataSourceSelectArguments arguments, DataSourceViewSelectCallback callback) +21 System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataBoundControl.PerformSelect() +143 Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.PerformSelect() +38 System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseDataBoundControl.DataBind() +74 Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.DataBind() +364 Telerik.Web.UI.RadGrid.DataBind() +173 System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseDataBoundControl.EnsureDataBound() +66 System.Web.UI.WebControls.CompositeDataBoundControl.CreateChildControls() +75 System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls() +102 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +42 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +175 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +175 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +175 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +175 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +175 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +175 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +2496Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.237I forgot to mention that the module is using the Entity Data Model to read/write to a new SQL Server table in the Sitefinity database. Nothing fancy really, an int for the primary key, a couple of varchar columns, several datetime columns, and a boolean. Mapping details are shown in the attached image.
--Steve
Hi steve! I too encountered that issue when using the Entity Framework for the data layer. I seem to recall that opening the Data model file (edmx) and saving it, then building the project again fixed that issue, though I needed to do it each time I modified the data model.
another customer reported that deleting the website dll and pdb file (usually SitefinityWebApp.dll) and building the project again (not REbuild, just build it again) to create also appears to work.
I hope this is helpful! I would like to also add that since updating the project to use OpenAccess I never got this issue again :) so it might be worth looking into!
Thanks for the suggestions. I tried both and alas, no joy. I'll look into OpenAccess--don't know much about it so I've got some reading to do.
I'd be curious to know if anyone is using the Entity Framework successfully, and if not, why the videos and example code are using it.
Thanks again -- Steve
I ended up updating the code to use OpenAccess which did in fact solve the problem. I will say that using OpenAccess was very convoluted compared to using the Entity Framework. The OpenAccess docs could have been a bit clearer and it would have been very helpful to have a video on the subject.
Also, I tried using my original data table but OA does some funky column renaming under the hood which caused exception after exception. There wasn't much valuable data in the table so I deleted it and started from scratch.
Steve